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Rio+20: A voice from Sheffield, UK

Ruby Smith, 21, is a support planning co-ordinator for Sheffield Council, in Sheffield, UKRio+20 is a unique and historic opportunity for world leaders to prioritise development and plan a better world for future generations.I would like to ask delegates to remember the importance of putting...

Rio+20: A voice from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Seida Saric is country director for Women for Women International in Bosnia and HerzegovinaFoundations of any development rest on active and equal participation of both men and women in social, political and economic spheres of life. Women play a much more active role which, in turn, does not have...

Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership

This policy brief, produced by Care International, outlines a bilateral Reduced Emissions form Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) pilot project ...

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) Letter

This letter is written by the Executive Chair of Indonesia's National Council on Climate Change, Rachmat Witoelar; it outlines Indonesia's Nationally ...

Readiness Preparation Proposals (R - PP)

This document was submitted to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), a World Bank programme that aims to assist developing countries with Reduced ...

On the Record: Cindy Baxter, Kiwi climate activist

The TckTckTck team chats with Cindy Baxter to learn more about the battle to protect the Great Barrier Reef from fossil fuel companies, the global significance of atmospheric CO2 levels reaching 400 ppm and what it?s like to be a climate activist in a country that shared the 2012 Fossil of the Year award.

Sign a petition to United Airlines CEO: stop blocking progress on airline emissions

A new petition aims to put pressure on United Airlines to stop blocking progress towards regulating airline emissions ahead of the International Civil Aviation Organization's meeting later this month.

Send a message to G8 leaders: ditch fossil fuels for renewable energy

New Global Wind Day app aims to give people the chance to call on their country?s leaders to ditch fossil fuels and focus on renewables.

Tell the U.S. Congress: time to end Big Oil?s $11 billion tax exemption

Fossil fuel companies not only bear no financial responsibility for how their activities create the devastating effects of climate change, they remain highly subsidized by governments around the world - a fact highly criticized by political leaders.

Spread the word: share this graphic and help end the false ?debate? on climate change

Last week, Australian researchers at Skeptical Science published an analysis concluding that 97% of the climate science literature agrees that climate change is real and is caused by human activities. Their research made headlines around the world, and even garnered a tweet of support from U.S. President Obama. With the momentum of their research, Skeptical Science has launched The Consensus Project, a website and social media campaign to increase public awareness of the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change.

Bangladesh farmers battle water woes

Source: Asia Times - Fahima Begum rises each morning at dawn and walks two kilometers to a small pond, the nearest source of fresh water. On her way she passes the rusty old hand-pumped tube well that used to supply water to her village in Bangladesh's arid Barind region until the water table here dropped out of reach.

Maibarara project gets CDM registration

Source: Manila Bulletin - The 20-megawatt Maibarara geothermal project has successfully secured registration as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) venture sanctioned under the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Natural disasters, climate change, and the ‘burn it all downers’ (opinion)

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Fiji to review disaster policy and plan

Source: Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - Fiji’s outdated Disaster Management policy and plan are currently under review with a view to incorporate disaster risk reduction and climate change into a new national plan.

Beijing Art Show Confronts Climate Change

Source: Wall Street Journal - Residents of this smog-choked city are uniquely prepared for an impassioned discussion of the environment, whether it’s the state of the air or the fears about food and water safety.

Australia passes landmark carbon price laws

Australia's parliament passed landmark laws to impose a price on carbon emissions on Tuesday in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade, giving new impetus to December's global climate talks in South Africa.

Study tallies health costs of climate disasters

Natural disasters tied to climate change not only cause physical damage but create significant health costs in terms of hospitalizations and lives lost, according to a study published Monday.

(Incandescent) lights to go out in China

China announced Friday it will phase out incandescent light bulbs within five years in an attempt to make the world's most polluting nation more energy efficient.

Warming gases saw biggest jump on record

The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated.

NYC-sized iceberg being born on Antarctica

Scientists on an aerial survey of Antarctica have come across an 18-mile-long break in an ice shelf, a sign that the unstable area is giving birth to an iceberg likely to be larger than New York City.